CL-GODB: A Common Lisp GO Database Manipulation Library

The Gene Ontology (GO), is a controlled vocabulary used to aid the description of gene and gene product attributes
in a variety of organisms. There are three different ontologies that describe molecular functions, biological processes,
and cellular components.

From there the full library of functions can be accessed. For example, staring with one go accession we can find out information on
the term that describes it plus the gene products to which it is associatied. Note that the lower four slots are not filled until that
data is requested.

Features

CL-GODB provides a new way to access and interact with the GO Database. As queries are made, the results are
indexed locally. This indexing makes successive queries faster, requiring fewer database accesses.
In addition to the library of functions, there is a graphical interface that allows the user to browse the database in tree form.